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Happy Warriors are not tennis balls floating down the gutter of life. We control our lives and that includes taming our bodies. It would be hard to think of anything you could do immediately to improve your health than eating less. But darn! Eating just feels so good. And, above all, I am SOOO hungry. Ever wondered why medical literature before 1962 had almost no mention of peanut allergies and eating disorders? Because they didn't have those things then, that's why. In this show we're not exploring nut allergies but I do explain exactly why nowadays, very many young people do suffer from eating disorders. Understanding the reason will help you regain your once svelte figure. Why should COVID19 cause Americans to add weight? Why should a bunch of barbarians rioting in the streets cause you to eat more? But they do. Here's what to do about it. In our bodies which are generally unifunctional (we don't smell AND hear with our ears), why are our mouths multi-purpose appliances? We eat and speak with the same facial orifice (but never at the same time!). Learn how to eat until you're fulfilled, not until you are filled. One difference between breast-feeding a baby and bottle feeding it. How blind people eat differently and the three steps you can take to eat properly and stop overeating.

How to protect yourself against the dangerous and contagious epidemic infecting millions— Expertitis! Do your feelings cause your actions or do your actions cause your feelings? If your answer is wrong, you're damaging your finances and your romantic life. Do you produce and work by schedule or by inspiration? How to cure yourself if you're doing it wrong. When a company says, "We want to recruit only really great people" what exactly do they mean and how can you be hired? Could you identify your values in 30 seconds? Now just what you do but the deep reasons why you do it. Marie Kondo can help you declutter your closet of obsolete clothing but only your rabbi can help you declutter your closet of obsolete ideas. You may think you know how to utter the word, "No" but listen to this show to find out you don't; and why you should.Don't try to do everything for yourself—that's not independence—it's stupid. #9 is both wealth and happiness can be achieved by discovering how to serve. The dangers of deflation when you're accustomed to inflation. Your life success depends up the perfect balance of the two opposing principles of structure and freedom. That's also true for countries; think Russia before and after the socialist revolution. How to switch your job for your own business. We like to think of ourselves as each unique but this is not true; we all experience our bodily sensations in eerily similar ways. Be a happy warrior, not a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life.

Happy Warriors are not tennis balls floating down the gutter of life. The one reliable definition of male. Let's say a genie pops out of the lamp and offers you a 're-do' of the ten years of your life; from when you were thirteen until the time you were twenty-three. Yes or no? I'd wager that you'd take up the genie's offer. You won't be surprised to hear that over 90% of the population agrees with you. Wouldn't you love to re-make the many crucial decisions of those ten years but with knowing what you now know? Imagine how your life would be different if you knew when you were a teenager exactly what your own human nature was like and if you knew the importance of overcoming it and you knew how. If you knew the impact of clutter and chaos back then and you overcame procrastination and knew how money worked back then, how might your life be different today. So do a tremendous favor to a young person of your acquaintance. This show is about the magical ten years in life; ages 13—23 years-old. These are the years in which subsequent success in life is rooted and, sadly, the years in which the origin of future failure can usually be found. Here are the step-by-step success strategies that young people should follow for positioning themselves for everything good in life. The show is not about the importance of being cool. It is not about learning how to rap or tap dance and it is not about social media. But it is about sex and money; the two areas in which most men have the most regrets. Here are the things you wish you knew when you were between 13 and 23 years-old. The show starts with William Shakespeare and ends with Rudyard Kipling; those two very unpopular dead white guys knew a thing or two! Have you noticed lately that too many people get a thrill from bossing you around? I start off this show by explaining why. Learning how to get rid of bad habits.

Who Happy Warriors are and why I love 'em! Overcoming the mysteriously malevolent force that resists everything positive you're trying to accomplish in your life. This debate goes back to President Clinton but does having an affair diminish your ability to do your job? Today's movie review: Barefoot (2014). The protagonists are Jay and Daisy, just like in the book The Great Gatsby. Why? Teachers don't want schools to reopen. If I was being paid to enjoy a vacation, I'd want to retain that also. Here's an idea: no work—no pay. Oh wait, GIC stands for government indoctrination camp and government often pays for no work. Wives out earning their husbands is a reliable indicator (but obviously not guarantee) of divorce. If you don't understand that we are both soul and body, then government shutdowns that turn once-friendly citizens into petty tyrants and that destroy small businesses (but leave the juggernauts intact) make perfect sense. Can a dissolute man be transformed by a woman's love? Of course not, don't be ridiculous and foolishly sentimental. But being needed by a woman might do it. Why GF plagues American men now more than ever. Feeling unneeded and redundant causes a man to feel impotent and feeling impotent causes first deep sadness then anger, and often violence. What does the word "housewife" mean to you? The difference between the first two chapters of Genesis. The perspective that makes lockdowns make sense.

Your financial success depends upon serving other people, and the best place for doing so is a city. But what if your city is dying? Cities have been growing for more than 100 years. In 1950 America had about ten cities and surroundings with populations of over one million people. Today there are about 50 such places. Over 80% of North Americans now live in cities. The trend is worldwide in both developed and developing nations. They are moving to cities but not only for more money. There are other equally important but connected reasons. Empires like Russia, Britain, Rome, Spain, and Ottoman change or die but their cities like Moscow, London, Rome, Barcelona and Istanbul are still there. The result of no great cities in Africa. Why the Nazi Luftwaffe bombed London rather than the invasion beaches. Do you feel God's presence more in Galveston or more in Grand Canyon? Does agricultural success evolve into cities or the opposite? Why would you care? Now people are fleeing cities for rural refuge. Sometimes cities are the best of places, other times, the worst. Successful countries need successful cities. Using technology to create an artificial city for your welfare.

Adolf's 1000 Year Reich lasted for all of 12 years but most countries, societies, and empires last for about 250 years. You'll be surprised by the 10 phases countries go through from brilliant break-out to fracture, failure, & finality. Yes, Rome, Persia, Russia, Britain, Spain & Turkey all lasted about ten generations. Phase #2 is economic expansion and #4 is widespread affluence, so let's discuss money! By far, the majority of people around you understand money as well as they understand Byzantine frescoes. Which is to say, not much! But you can't put money in your bank without understanding money. And putting money in your bank is important if you want to help restore America. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge said, "The chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world." Isn't that true for you? The spiritual nature of money and why the week should be five days long but isn't. Why secular fundamentalists equate economic prosperity with moral depravity. Why atheists usually see profit as plunder. Why no atheistic society has ever created a vibrant economy. How this can help you in your work. Why Genesis 5 and 11 list two tables of ten generations and what we can learn. The roadmap to the restoration of the Republic.

What is the one thing that replaces a bloody battle with a debate? If you're a swimsuit model, this doesn't apply to you but for the rest of us, what visible organ of our bodies is the most important in our quest to make money? After your appearance, what do people most notice about you? That's right, how you sound. Yet, we all exercise the muscles of our arms and legs but few of us exercise our communication muscle, our mouths. Do you draw as well as you perhaps could? Do you dance as well as you could with practice. You almost certainly do not speak anywhere near as well as you could and should. This show is all about dramatically improving how you communicate. We have only two ways to impact the world. (Well, 3 actually, but that third one you'll have to hear me discuss in the show) The two way we have to shape our world is our hands and our mouths. Of the two, which is more important? Nobody can impact one another more than spouses—with words. The app you can use to sound better than you do. Become the only person in your circle who is not terrified of public speaking but enjoys it. Do you know who is listening to every word you say, twenty-four seven? Why do our mouths take in food and also put out words? How your expression impacts your voice.

Disagreements between citizens must be settled by ballots not bullets. But disagreements between nations are settled by power not paper; by cannons not committees. Stop telling lies to little children. Is it any of your business if I buy the house next to you, never occupy it and leave it empty? Why did my father torment me with mechanical clocks? How important is protecting private property? What does Vancouver, British Columbia have to do with Jerusalem, Israel? Nations should pursue their interests not those of the United Nations, the International Court, or any other bogus institutions that have never prevented a war let alone stopped one. You have fewer property rights living in the city than out in the country; why? Read more about our Thought Tool books https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/thought-tools-set-3-softcover-books/

Make a list of the 5 things you could do that would utterly destroy your life. Easy, right? In fact, it's hard keeping the list down to just five because they'd be such fun. Now produce a list of the 5 things that you could do that would cause you to become wealthier, happier, more fulfilled and more respected by friends. Hmmm….A lot more difficult, right? Well, I your rabbi show you exactly how to produce such a list. But not of just 5 things that will make your life better, actually, no fewer than 50 such items. Now knowing what to do is not even half of the job. It's not even 10%. It's the execution that matters. And only because I am your rabbi and I care about you, I tell you not only how to list those crucial life changes but more importantly I teach you how to execute them. I teach you how to bring about in your life these important changes. If you really want to. And it all starts with a dark room; but go ahead and listen now. Remember that being a happy warrior means NEVER allowing yourself to be a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life. Read more about our Thought Tool books https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/thought-tools-set-3-softcover-books/

Your rabbi describes many looting riots in American history but why is it hard to find any prior to 1962? Were there no grievances in 1920? Was there no poverty in 1890? Why do people loot? Is it because their jobs were terminated by coronavirus? So why do they loot? I don't want to massage you with warm butter but that is the wrong question; the right question is why do other people NOT loot? Let's face it, rioting and looting is fun. How come none of you Happy Warriors looted? Why did so many not take advantage of the illegal shopping spree that meant free stuff for everyone? Surely if it is a good and right way to behave for some, it is also good and right for everyone. Why more female rioters and looters than ever before? The fatal weakness of single mothers and their children. A parent's obligation goes way beyond feeding their children and putting them on the yellow bus to their local GIC. The one reason for airplane crashes that nobody discusses. "The impulse of man's heart is evil from his youth" What does this Bible verse mean? John Dewey and the destruction of American education. Humans are fundamentally good so progressives feel families are unnecessary. How you can know that social distancing is not science. Neither is the abolition of male and female as poles of human existence. Why inventions are often uncovered by two separate individuals at the same time. Being a happy warrior means NEVER allowing yourself to be a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life. Read more about our Thought Tool books: https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/thought-tools-set-3-softcover-books/

Have you ever found yourself submitting to emotional blackmail? Have you ever felt that to love God means being docile towards domineering people? Have you ever felt that the main reason to try and gain wealth is to give it away? Well, if so, you REALLY need a rabbi! Specifically me, the host of the Rabbi Daniel Lapin Show because these and other wrong beliefs are becoming more and more accepted. We start with a young woman being pressured by a man and then explore a famous "ethicist" (a profession I have less regard for than I do for barnacle scrapers of the Swiss navy) proclaiming how rich people are immoral. Who does have a right to your money? This show tries to show you how the world REALLY works, as you know. In other words, we want you to gain a coherent world view. But the right word is Weltanschauung. What does that mean? 'Weltanschauung' is, I am afraid, a specifically German notion, which it would be difficult to translate into a foreign language. If I attempt to give you a definition of the word, it can hardly fail to strike you as inept. By Weltanschauung, then, I mean an intellectual construction which gives a unified solution of all the problems of our existence in virtue of a comprehensive hypothesis, a construction, therefore, in which no question is left open and in which everything in which we are interested finds a place. It is easy to see that the possession of such a Weltanschauung is one of the ideal wishes of mankind. When one believes in such a thing, one feels secure in life, one knows what one ought to strive after, and how one ought to organise one's emotions and interests to the best purpose. (Sigmund Freud 35th lecture on psychoanalysis) Being a happy warrior means NEVER allowing yourself to be a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life. Read more about why counter-intuitive ideas about dating make for better marriages. https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/ten-commandments-instant-download/

Ever had someone ask you if you live to work or work to live? It's a false dichotomy as I explain on this show. Their 23 year-old son lived at home playing video games. Hear how this story ended happily. In the name of equality, governments try to eliminate any advantages that come from a strong, healthy family. Heard politicians decrying the divisiveness in American society? Now hear what is America's real fault line and who caused it. The secret of happy living is climbing outside yourself. What!? Yes, that is the secret significance of the 5Fs. Becoming healthier by understanding that Fysical Fitness is a titanic fight between your body and your soul. Money is much more than something needed to stay alive. It's even more than something to give away to the needy. This is a pretty good description of what it is: "In its widest possible sense, however, a man's Self is the sum total of all that he can call his, not only his body and his psychic powers, but his clothes and his house, his wife and children, his ancestors and friends, his reputation and works, his lands and horses, and yacht and bank account. All these things give him the same emotions. If they wax and prosper, he feels triumphant; if they dwindle and die away, he feels cast down, not necessarily in the same degree for each thing, but in much the same way for all." American psychologist, William James, 1890. Being a happy warrior means NEVER allowing yourself to be a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life. Read more about why the Ten Commandments were on two tablets instead of just one. https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/ten-commandments-instant-download/

These coronavirus days can make you feel utterly out of control of your own destiny. It makes you feel just like a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life. BUT, remember! Being a happy warrior means NEVER allowing yourself to be a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life. It sounds almost too good to be true but this is how the world REALLY works: There are the only 3 things you need to know in order to build a successful career and create real wealth. You'll know how to choose friends, associates and employees. You'll even know what to major in at college. You'll know how to choose a spouse, win a spouse and keep a spouse. You'll also know how to attain happiness and raise happy children. You'll know how to run organizations like families, churches, or corporations and you'll know how to be kind and do good-correctly, with your head and not your heart. In this show your rabbi explains the only 3 things worth spending time on mastering and incorporating into your life blueprint. But (and there's always a 'but' isn't there?) it is always not only about what you know—it is about what you are. It is not always about just knowing but it is about doing. Why no Lapin child is a concert pianist. Are all cultures of equal value to the health and vitality of a society? Life lessons from the Lord's language? Yes, count on it! Right here: https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/buried-treasure/. Moving forward in spite of corona uncertainty.

Warning: To all owners of gasoline powered cars of more than 4 cylinders. You may not drive more than 60 miles per week. Here's a challenge: Can you think of any activity that could not be regulated in the interests of public health? Why smoking is not your own personal choice. Why you must cease climbing, diving, or hiking in your leisure time. The vital question that newly married couples often argue about. The reason for so few female entrepreneurs. The smart way to make life decisions. Using science wisely & knowing its limits. Do you know what values are? Do you know what your values are? Do you know what are the values sculpting your marriage? Privacy in a marriage. Why Israel was quickly recognized by Russia in May 1948. Do you snitch on neighbors not safe distancing? Keeping cash on hand; Hertz car rental company did not. The most important way that some Jews were able to escape the Nazis and how you can do the same to escape future crises you may face. The Financial Prosperity Collection: https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/financial-prosperity-collection-usb/ Now be a happy warrior, never a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life.

The father of modern communism, Vladimir Lenin was born April 22nd, 1870. Exactly one hundred years later, a suspect group of naïve 'activists' created Earth Day and turned it into movement for the economic annihilation of the West. Said Gaylord Nelson, one of the founders of Earth Day, "The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment, not the other way around." Watermelon became the term—Green on the outside; red on the inside. Like communism, socialism, & secular progressivism, environmentalism is a religion. It destroys heretics. Would you like to purchase carbon offsets? How about infidelity offsets? The Bible never uses the word nature or environment. Having children is bad for the environment. Boost Your Income and Prosperity Power: https://rabbidaniellapin.com/store/cds/. Become a happy warrior, not a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life.

Why do some successful men prefer professional ladies of the night to casual hookups? Girls, if he hasn't got enough money to pay for the date, you shouldn't be dating him at all. Guys, there is a time to be preparing for financial stability and a time to be courting, or if you must, dating. Reversing that order can cause pain. Good women expect the man to pay. Not because they're trying to freeride or because they're short of money. The reason is not economic but emotional. If lots of people are trying to get certain jobs, they're overpaid. Think politicians. America did better when it was governed by citizens who gave a short term of service rather than now when it is ruled by a professional class of permanent politicians who've never done anything else (not including the current president). Can a country have too many politicians and bureaucrats? What y'all look like to me. Never be a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life-embrace change and growth.

Good news is bad news for the New York Times, CBS, CNBC, USA Today, & the Washington Post. They just love publishing terrifying and dire predictions based on days-old model projections and refuse to tell us how much better we're doing than it appeared two weeks ago. What explains their irrational love affair with bad news? No American hospital has yet needed a ventilator that they lack. There is a troubling reason for why the American Center for Disease Control (CDC) directs doctors and hospitals to list cause of death as COVID-19 even in the absence of any test or other evidence. Do you agree with Toyota's 5 business principles, and Panasonic's 7, and General Electric's 8. How the Passover Seder https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/seder-set/ can instill ambition in participants of every background. ...... Website referenced: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) https://covid19.healthdata.org/

There are hundreds of self-improvement books, programs and courses that promise to improve your life. They all talk to your heart when they identify the exact area you want to change for the better. But most of the time, you don't follow through, do you? Why not? Well, that is the essence of this show along with the antidote to stagnation. Why do we accept our current circumstances even though we're not happy? Is there hope? Of course. And you'll be surprised to discover just where it is. https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/seder-set/ There really is a way to make sure to inoculate yourself against stagnating in your life. The Book of Exodus helps! And where did all the toilet paper really go? Who took it and why. All explained in this enlightening show with your rabbi.

Sadly, there can be several different kinds of tough times. Some tough times torment just a neighborhood or even just one family. Other tough times impact an entire nation or even many nations. Some tough times are on account of health, others are financial, some are political and military turmoil, and occasionally, tough times can comprise several simultaneous threats. But regardless, these ten tips, tools, and techniques are useful in all troublesome times. I explain each of these in depth during the show: (1) Become a generalist. (2) Today's strategic timeline ends tonight. (3) Insulate yourself from public panic, fear, & hysteria. (4) Make connections. (5) Cash is king. (6) Your life and the lives of those you love are more valuable to you than to the 'authorities'. (7) Be capable of defending yourself. (8) Force yourself to be happy and grateful. (9) Keep yourself, your clothing, & your habitation clean. (10) Write! Write! Write! NEW RESOURCE: Chart Your Course: 52 Weekly Journaling Challenges with Rabbi Daniel and Susan Lapin Available for purchase in the United States through: Rabbi Daniel Lapin website: https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/chart-your-course-journal Amazon - US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982201877 Also available internationally through the following Amazon stores: CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0982201877 UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0982201877 DE: https://www.amazon.de/dp/0982201877 FR: https://www.amazon.fr/dp/0982201877 ES: https://www.amazon.es/dp/0982201877 IT: https://www.amazon.it/dp/0982201877 JP: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/0982201877

Politicians prefer solving immediate problems for which they can claim credit now. But statesmen also consider approaching problems that cannot yet be seen but whose approaching footsteps can be heard. The virus is making a relatively small number of people sick. Economic depression will actually kill many more. Even unemployment lowers the lifespan significantly. Science is outstanding at explaining what things do and why they do it. It is appallingly bad at explaining what individual people do and why we do them. But a crowd of people acting in unison, say a crowd watching an exciting football game, a crowd gathered for revolution, a crowd subscribed to a certain ideology or theology, well its behavior is quite easy to predict. For it is not an individual person or even a lot of individual people. No, it is a 'thing'. A sort of huge animal with countless heads and legs but on an animal nonetheless. It is predictable and often frightening. Perspective: January-March 2020: >9,000 suicides, >8,000 road accident fatalities, >15,000 flu deaths (2017-2018 season) Total American deaths during 1Q2020 >700,000. Total American COVID-19 deaths to date of this podcast: 206. The role played by Christians in the founding of modern Israel in 1948. What God expects from us at a time like this.

What can your rabbi possibly add to all the Niagara-like cascade of conversation on coronavirus? I'm not a doctor, so what can I possibly say that would meaningfully add to the diarrhea-like deluge of drivel clogging the Internet. Well, let's really creep into the core of corona, using not only education and intelligence but also wisdom. Let's dive to the depths of the disease. What does the Golden Calf of the Book of Exodus have to do with corona? Let's start with the difference between education, intelligence and wisdom. When you think intelligence, think the notorious Leopold-Loeb murder of 1924. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes spoke about shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theater. What he meant was that if you were in that theater, you were in far more danger of being trampled to death than by being incinerated. What is driving the current fear, panic, & hysteria about Corona? Who exactly is yelling "Fire!" and why? Remember the fear and panic about Y2K in November 1999? None of the terrors actually materialized. Remember the hysteria about the swine flu "pandemic" in 2009 and the Ebola hysteria in 2014? No? Oh, that's right, there wasn't any! Know why? Because the name of the president at the time started with an "O" not a "T". Talking of O, remember his war on "for-profit" universities? Socialism spurns education for profit and all else for profit. Even medicine. Especially medicine must be governmental. Which brings us all the way back to the corona crisis.

If we were each alone and isolated, every one of us would languish, wither, and perish. Only by human cooperation can we all together build an interactive economy in which we each can thrive. Here are the only two ways to organize human cooperation: One, build a dictatorial tyranny in which you promise the peasants security and equality but never actually delivers. Keep them constantly divided into fighting factions and provide them with drugs and limitless cheap and mindless entertainment. This helps transform them into fools, and fools buy empty promises. The second way is build and maintain a democratic government of and by the people, with power only with the permission of the people. Promise them nothing but protection for their property, their bodies & their lives from both foreign foes and internal bandits and predators. Guarantee freedom. Get out of their way and let each citizen achieve whatever he or she can. In that world, each of us can find the meaning in our work, build every aspect of our lives, and find immortality in our families. So, be a happy warrior and never a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life. That only brings the tyrants.

You may not know it, but your rabbi knows that you probably help humanity every day. Do you realize that you probably enhance the lives of your fellow citizens every day? Are you a saint? No, of course not. It's just that money is one of the only two areas in which while you try to help yourself, you are actually also helping others. Is money physical or spiritual? The explanation will surprise you. The fatal flaw of socialism that makes 'redistribution of wealth' perfectly logical and even desirable. Why your rabbi thinks of universities as kindergartens. Why everyone needs a pet gorilla to help you increase your income. Why neither economics nor psychology are real sciences. How price "re-anchoring" makes people pay $3 for a $0.45 cup of coffee? Do you drink $50/bottle wine? The spiritual success strategies you need to know for achieving financial abundance. Let your rabbi teach you more about sales because even if you don't know it, you are a sales professional.

Hey single men! Have you ever wanted to propose marriage to your future wife but been lost for words? Your rabbi to the rescue. In this show, a sample proposal speech you can use to start the rest of your life. No need to struggle for the right words. No need to be embarrassed as you stutter your way through some trite, overused formula. No, sound like the man you wish you were! She'll be thrilled and wedding bells will ring. Why does Bible often say, "Young man and virgin" rather than "Young man and young woman"? The magical moment that can put you on the road to financial prosperity? How a pledge produces power. Do housewives and stay-at-home-moms hurt the country's economy? Why did the Soviets construct so many huge & hideous buildings? Why are so many American government buildings built since 1962 so brutal and block-like? Why is all government housing so identical and soul-destroying? How to feel like a god not a rat. Become a happy warrior, not a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life.

Why do you dress differently in the morning if you are staying home alone from how you'd dress if you're going to be seeing many people? Are you more comfortable in 'fashionable' clothing than in utilitarian coverups? You might consider an adventure vacation, right? Swim with the sharks in South Africa? Sure. See penguins in Antarctica? Why not. How about a week at a nudist resort in Jamaica? That would be something different, so are you up for it? I suspect not. Why not? Do you have too much of that old-time puritanical repressiveness? C'mon, live for a week like a healthy naked animal. Why am I not persuading you? Why should we grant government the power to punish us for taking off our clothing in public? If you don't like my naked appearance, don't look; but don't stop me from undressing how I choose. If Adam and Eve had nice green clothes made from fig leaves, why did God make them additional outfits out of leather? Would human beings come up with the idea of clothing with zero cultural input? What did famous feminist, Camille Paglia, mean when she said that if civilization were left in female hands, "we'd all be living in grass huts". Comparing female models and movie stars of the 1950s to current times, do contemporary unisex and androgynous fashion styles have anything to do with our culture's leftist tendency to eliminate distinctions between men and women. To participate in reviewing changes in American life the past twenty years and getting your name into a book visit www.RabbiDanielLapin.com/masterclass. Be a happy warrior, not a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life.

You thought that if people are 'religious', they must be devotees of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, or Hinduism, right? Wrong! Here are 3 important requirements of a religion. (A) It links you to something bigger than you. (B) It links you to many other people. (C) It requires you to offer sacrifices. As your rabbi explains in this show, there are many, many more religions than those I listed. Here are some I talk about in this show: Church of Ethical Culture; Church of Scientism; Church of Climate Change. No, do not laugh. It is very rude to laugh at other people's belief systems. The 3 shocking facts that every devotee of scientism ought to know. The 3 amazing scientific facts that every poet ought to know. Fraud and fakery in science. Reviewing the changes in American life the past twenty years and getting your name into a book www.RabbiDanielLapin.com/masterclass. Be a happy warrior, not a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life.

Are we all logical, thoughtful human beings when it comes to money? The rising price of Tesla stock would suggest no. The $700,000,000 that smart investors sunk into Theranos would also suggest that for most of us, emotions seriously impact our financial decisions. What is more, we are also susceptible to mass hysteria. That's right; mass hysteria—when many people come to believe passionately with irrepressible conviction in things that are unprovable and even unlikely. Things like, oh let's see, witches in colonial Massachusetts, evil clowns torturing toddlers in their preschool dungeon, and, oh yes, climate change threatens our way of life. Wait till you hear what was supposed to happen in 2020 according to 97% of scientists in 2004. And while we're on that 97% of scientists twaddle you've heard a thousand times, your rabbi clears it all up once and for all in today's show. How long have you owned your Tesla? Well, the battery warranty might be expiring and you know what it's like when your tired phone starts needing recharging by lunchtime. You do know that the battery in your Tesla is exactly like your phone battery only bigger, right? Why I'd rather own a Tesla than a Ford but I'd rather own Ford stock than Tesla stock. Why socialism makes sense to so many otherwise smart & successful people. Why the Bible favors private ownership over public ownership. Is it moral to use force to protect your property? I tell you why you might want to visit https://rabbidaniellapin.com/masterclass/. How the billionaires preening their virtue at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week are saving the glaciers while being scolded by a Scandinavian schoolgirl. And many other frivolous and fun facts from your favorite rabbi.

If you want to know how the world REALLY works, you must understand the counter-intuitive parts of life. Is it true that the better you know someone before marrying them, the better chance the marriage has of surviving? Should you postpone making an investment until you are 100% sure? Do you know what lies beyond the furthest star in the universe? What! You don't? Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Raven while living in Baltimore—hence the name of the football team lucky enough to have Lamar Jackson. H. G. Wells wrote The Time Machine. What did both these writers understand that you don't? Clue: Jewish mathematician, Hermann Minkowski and his student, Albert Einstein both knew it as well. And you need to know it too. Knowing this thing helps in understanding something terribly important: The views of money and marriage that I lay before you today spring from the reliable soil of ancient Jewish wisdom. It is a radical view. Money and marriage are doomed to fade away into mere shadows and only a kind of union of the two will preserve and independent reality. Don't be a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life.

This show is for Happy Warriors not for Tennis-Balls-Floating-Down-The-Gutter-of-Life. Every Happy Warrior repeatedly proclaims "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." The "New York Times" published an article entitled 'The Secrets of Jewish Genius' which discussed the oft-noticed reality that an identifiable demographic numbering about 1/10 of one percent of the world's population has won 27% of Nobel prizes in physics and 31% percent of the Nobel prizes in medicine and yes, Jewish men make up 54% of the world chess champions. In the show I point out that none of this has anything to do with business success and making money which is not IQ related. I also point out that I am definitely not boasting—I've known far too many really stupid coreligionists (all of whom vote wrong). Fortune is the result of knowing what I teach--ancient Jewish wisdom's secrets of money. The article was instantly surrounded by a firestorm of controversy because it touched on the forbidden topic of IQ all of which I explain in this show. What followed was a debate on what makes Jews so smart? Various theories, some credible, followed. But they never even whispered the most important explanation for IQ differences. Yes, IQ is largely an inherited trait, however intergenerational statistical anomalies abound and in this show I explain the most devastating thing men do to harm their mental acuity and what they can do to improve their own intelligence as well as that of their children. Finalizing the raging dispute with Mrs. Lapin about beauty and confidence, I confide to you the details of how her remarkable confidence brought one of my dreams to life and gave me seven new ones. Friends of Rabbi Daniel & Susan Lapin: https://www.facebook.com/groups/friendsoflapins/

Do you try to be a moral person? That question makes no sense without some description of the moral framework in use. For some moral frameworks, slitting the throats of airline stewardesses and turning airplanes into flying bombs is a moral act. For other moral frameworks, the most moral act you can perform is driving an electric car. Self-righteous "climate activists" are just as smarmy as hypocrites of any other religion/moral framework. For Happy Warriors, one of the most moral things you can do is being happy. It is not nearly as easy as you might think but it is a huge gift to the people you live and work with and also makes God proud of you. What causes you to feel down? Do you automatically need happy pills from your local friendly drug dealer or psychiatrist? In this show, your rabbi reveals how the world REALLY works in our universal quest for happiness. He also reveals what happens when he and Mrs. Susan Lapin have a disagreement; a big disagreement. We resolve it on air right here in front of you, in this show.

Yes, I am of the view that male/female distinction is as fundamental and as important to the human experience as the distinction between light and dark and between good and evil. If that makes me a 'sexist', so be it. If a woman must choose between having beauty or self-confidence, which should she choose? If a man must make the same choice, which should he choose. In the show I present a 12 Days of Christmas puzzle: the answer is 364. The many benefits of having confidence. Where does it come from and how do you acquire it. Confidence breeds success but success breeds confidence. Passivity destroys confidence. What does Jamaican Olympic sprinter, Usain Bolt have to do with it? The only reliable way to finally eliminate the existential threat of "climate change".

When children bring their girlfriends and boyfriends to family gatherings. Some things are true for all times and all places. Travel and transport is an eternal human reality. Always has been and always will be. Everywhere. They may not have had Concorde airliners, Cadillacs or canoes, but they did have camels. And that is exactly what the camel represents throughout the Hebrew Bible. Money is another timeless truth. Maybe not checks and certificates of deposit. But some form of abstract representation of wealth has always been central to the human condition. Playing the money card in family relationships. Male/female relationships is another. So is children relating to parents and parents relating to children. They may not always have had family therapists or messaging apps on their phones, but family members interacting with all the love, tension, complexity, and even occasionally hatred has always been a concern to humans everywhere. How money helps prevent interpersonal exploitation. Recognizing and respecting our deep unspoken desire for permanence.

C'mon admit it. You have noticed that the majority of the names leading the congressional crusade against President Trump are Jewish. Is this an anti-Semitic observation? No, it's true. And remember, any defamatory statement that is true reflects badly upon the subject of the infamy. Do you know how many secularized Americans of Jewish ancestry serve currently in the U.S. Congress? Do you know how that relates to America's Jewish population? The secret of why only two of the Jewish representatives are Republicans. What makes a Jew a Jew? (Hint: It's not having a Jewish mother!) Why so many 20th century communist leaders in Russia, Germany, Hungary, and elsewhere were Jewish. Yes, Leon Trotsky's real name was Davidovich Bronstein. Why there is no such thing as 'the American Jewish community'. What British prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli said about Jews. In relationships, shared values matter far more than shared skin color. The problem that precipitated the brutal murder of two innocent Jews in Jersey City on December 10th was not anti-Semitism. The tragic triumph of the heinous over the holy. Is a Jewish presence good or bad for a country? Why understanding the Jews is vital for understanding how the world REALLY works.

With opinions, be conciliatory if you wish, but it's fine to be firm about facts. Remember, reality is ruthless. People do need to eat and our nature is to get as much to eat as possible with the least amount of effort. Some call that efficiency and the most efficient way of getting food is by interacting with many others using the miracle of money. Are there any really hungry people anymore? In today's modern world, do parents still need children to help them in their old age? Is getting married a private decision? Do older people still live off younger people's work? Is the decision of whether to create a child purely personal? What happens to you if many in your town stop reproducing? Can immigrants replace the people not being born? Are childless retirees living off other people who did raise families? What government can do about declining population.

A famous 19th century socialist assured us that marriage, money, and religion are responsible for all the problems in the world. Since Robert Owen was a socialist, we know that the truth is exactly the opposite of what he said. The best things in the world (Civilization) are due to marriage, money, and Biblical faith. Getting a garden isn't the end; it's the beginning. Now you have to maintain it so it doesn't turn into a jungle. Acquiring a car is the start of following the manufacturer's maintenance manual to preserve the car's utility and value. If you don't maintain your airplane, it will eventually fail. Marriage isn't the end of a path; it's the start. Okay, you're married! Congratulations but now isn't the time to sit back and relax. Now is the time to set in place the maintenance schedule. In this show, your rabbi presents 12 items in the manufacturer's marriage maintenance manual. 3 things husbands must do; 3 things wives must do; 3 things husbands must avoid and 3 things wives must avoid. Now you're set to enjoy a long and happy marriage. Congratulations!

How long would it take before a visitor to your home saw a shelf of books? Why this really matters. Want to change your actions? Simple! Change your beliefs. Your soul abhors a vacuum. Absent good beliefs, it will readily embrace bad beliefs and bad beliefs stimulate self-destructive actions. The real reason that certain courts no longer punish certain people for certain crimes. Being depraved is not the same as being deprived. True companionship comes from shared beliefs not shared skin color. Why actively nurturing a common belief system is a vital marriage maintenance program. Why Native American chiefs had names like Little Wolf, Red Horse, and Black Snake. Why merely regulating what people do is never sufficient for communist tyrannies; they have 'reeducation camps' in order to regulate what people believe. We have public schools (GICs) and universities (kindergartens) for the same reason.

Why almost every airplane built flies reliably, almost every ship built floats, why almost all skyscrapers erected, stand, but many marriages fail and many business start-ups fail. What is going on? The five reliable rules that govern both financial transactions and marital relations. Did you know that brands and franchises depend upon spiritual factors? What are they? The secret ingredient needed for effective partnerships that many mistakenly ignore. What do you teach the 20 year-old amnesiac who knocked at your door? How you can be sure that men will never prefer robots to women no matter how technologically advanced the 'female' robot becomes.

If boys and girls are so interchangeable that boys can run, bike, and wrestle against girls, why does alcohol cause so much more havoc on girls' brains than on boys' brains? Why do far more girls deliberately cut their flesh than boys? Why does anyone cut themselves? Why do people pierce their tongues and belly buttons? The connection between the bloody observance of the Moslem cutting festival of Ashura and high school girls cutting their skins. Does the Bible prohibit suicide? Where? Old Latin-speaking monks referred to high alcohol content distilled liquors as 'spirits' because we use alcohol mostly to dull spiritual pain. When your rabbi felt attracted to another man's wife. Hurting children by depriving them of the words for describing spiritual pain. Why primitive tribes cut and pierce their skin and why children of intact traditional families of faith engage in less alcohol and drug abuse, and far less cutting than other children. Being a teenager in 1950 and today. Why animals can be content in good cages but people never. Why some of us prefer connecting to others on the Internet over relating to real live people in our lives. Learn to control your screen time by understanding the addictive appeal of digital devices. Why some people love working for commission only.

The government itself, no friend of the traditional family, admits that the most dangerous place for an American child, statistically speaking, is in a home with a single mother and her boyfriend. Notwithstanding the heroic achievements of certain rare and dedicated single moms who live heroic and self-sacrificing lives. Here's a shocker: it's just about as dangerous for a child to live with his mom and his dad, who are not married to one another. This is not a priest, pastor, or rabbi telling you this astounding news. It's the United States government's office of Health and Human Services that produced this scary and incontrovertible report. Why have so many replaced love of family and country with love of huge abstractions like the planet, the environment, the United Nations etc? For a change of pace, please enjoy the little thought experiment I gift to you today. In the circumstances in which I place you, what exactly would you do? Discuss this with friends and family; it will entertain and educate. If a functional nuclear family of mom, dad, and their biological children is best for children, why do politicians who claim to care about children do so much to harm and so little to help? What happened to the germ of Nazism when it departed Germany in 1945? Where did it go? Shakespeare misses it this time but the Bible captures it beautifully. Don't miss King Solomon. Enjoy this week's show.

The Great Greta Thunberg hoax. Inability to function in a modern economy is a far bigger threat to happy and successful living for today's 16 year-olds than is the hoax of global warming. When today's 16 year-olds are 21, 27, and 35, their problems will be finding and keeping a job, paying exorbitant taxes, and affording decent housing, not being swept away by rising ocean levels. Yet, government obsesses over climate change—Why? Let me explain why promoting climate change hysteria helps elected representatives, appointees and bureaucrats advance their own life and career goals. Let me explain why foolish farm animals (people formerly known as enlightened citizens) eagerly adopt global warming hysteria as their paramount cause. Oak trees, rhododendrons & tarantulas, in fact all organisms, seek to stay alive, thrive, and grow. This is also true for organizations like businesses and, yes, government. Understand why government, its offices, agencies, and institutions all oppose marriage, Judeo-Christian religion, and your financial independence. Why does America need nearly one million social workers? Who are mostly their clients? The "rich" shouldn't have better health care than the "poor", right? Sounds basically good and decent, doesn't it? Well, is it really? And, anyway, let's go ahead and define "rich" & "poor". And how about better transport and housing for the rich? Undemocratic? But wait! They already have that. Why Baltimore is suing BP.

My guest, the brave and beautiful young Helga Lunenburg from Denmark came to America to warn us about politicians who tax us more and more in order to spend ever greater slices of our money on their wasteful, utopian & self-serving schemes. This bold young 16 year-old Scandinavian schoolgirl wisely warns us that our economic future is imperiled unless we lower the national deficit. She courageously proclaims how her generation's future is at risk because California's liberal government created shortages of water and electricity. How our relationships with our customers, clients and employers can be improved for better productivity and remuneration. How to serve those who provide your revenue more effectively. The full story about perpetrators of mass shootings-Who ARE these men? Why does Book of Genesis mention fathers about five times more frequently than it mentions mothers? What is the one group that comprises only 30% of America's population but accounts for over 70% of opioid deaths, suicide, and crime? Why more men than women die alone?

The luckiest husband in all Oregon. Food tastes better to a man when served by an apron-wearing woman they desire. A rabbinic request for more romance in the workplace. Women suffer depression at twice the rate of men. Really? Perhaps men just don't share their pain. Is male depression underreported? Didn't you know that depressed men tend to violence? To be happy is to embrace your gender. My own encounter with racism and what going bald really means. In what way are mice stronger than elephants? The true message of the Cinderella fairytale. Many aging women freeze their eggs. Would men if they could? A good and masculine man makes a woman very happy just as a feminine women can make a man very happy. The difference is that too many women don't admit it. Women have been indoctrinated to denigrate masculinity and make themselves miserable. The two paramount keys to happiness—marriage and money—are utterly ignored and never taught during the 12 years that most young Americans spend captive in Government Indoctrination Camps. Why be surprised at the outcome?

We all change our behavior on the basis of our beliefs not the facts we learn. Beliefs lead to feelings which are emotional—facts are intellectual. We do things because we feel like it much more often than because we know we should. Recycling is the sacred sacrament of the religion of urban atheists, Secular Fundamentalism. It is based entirely on false beliefs and not on facts. The real reason why America's temples of Secular Fundamentalism, the universities, hate Christianity but love Islam? How the Quran's story of creation differs from Genesis. Why sophisticated and experienced adults turned into buffoons as they prostrated themselves at the feet of a precocious 15 year-old girl, Saint Greta Thunberg, the 21st century version of the 15th century Joan of Arc. Why New York pays $300/ton more to process garbage than necessary and why Seattle employs inspectors to root through citizens garbage receptacles. Why do people put up with this nonsense?

Help your children find a job or start a business and thereby make your home a nicer place. I might not have been as entertaining as President Trump or as brilliant as Bill Gates but here's why I was a better choice as a speaker for this event. Profit is not just important, it's even more than that. Why finding your anchor liberates you. Bribed by your emotions and how they try to subvert your best judgment. Embrace change—don't fear it. Remember the Leica camera? The magic of movement and the dynamism of dance. Both marriage and business depend on being the right person not finding the right person.

Why you should never take notes while listening to a lecture. Why Jewish last names usually advertised their owners' occupations. Yes, a man may be somewhat more than his work, but surprisingly, not as much more as you'd have thought. The activity of work and money-making, influences women's personalities and identities far less than these things shape men. The real reason that unemployable people are not working; Hint: It's not because they don't know how to fix computers or write software. Why their children are utterly uneducable regardless of how much money we spend on teachers and schools. Islam's plan to wipe Christianity off the face of the earth and what really happened on 9-11. No, not 2001, but 1683. Explaining Middle-East politics without using words like God or Religion. Why Holland has a stronger economy than Belgium. How to use optimism as a revenue tool. Why the swimsuit industry rejected your rabbi's job application. The mysterious fifty-year economic cycle in international finance. Why the verb "write" occurs 248 times in the Hebrew Scripture and how you can use that permanent principle to increase your income.

Most women want to give themselves to men they consider worthy of their surrender. What if the man of your dreams turns out to lack ambition, masculine mastery, and money-sense? The time I took a strange woman dress-shopping. Is the man you're married to now the product of your behavior over the past few years? Most women would like to be married to a man taller, smarter, and richer than they are. Boys who grow up with weak fathers. The spiritual power of divorce. Why a big city prosecutor found happiness as a small town kindergarten teacher. Avoiding the dangers of fantasies and daydreams. A woman's physical affection increases her husband's masculinity. The perils of 19 year-old bikini babes. Why no divorced couples in the Bible?

1. We broke up weeks ago so she'll be okay with me dating her roommate now. 2. My GF/BF is having dinner with her/his ex but it's nothing, they're just friends. 3. Everyone has one true soulmate somewhere and my purpose in dating is to find him/her. 4. You'll always recognize true love. 5. No, he doesn't have a job but he can get one anytime he wants. 6. I know he says he's not interested in marriage but he'll change his mind. 7. Hooking up is no big deal these days, right? 8. My income is irrelevant to her; she really loves me for me. 9. It's healthy to date many people before settling down for marriage. 10. She says she wants to build her career so we'll be a two income couple.

Just try make a movie or write a book in which the terrorists are Moslems and you'll have CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) to deal with. Just try depicting a money-loving character in your movie as a Jew and you'll feel the weight of the ADL (Anti Defamation League of Bnai Brith) drop on you like a bag of cement. Depict African-Americans or Italian-Americans badly and you'll instantly incur the wrath of the NAACP or the Italian American Civil Rights League respectively. So, aren't you curious why entertainment media routinely mock Evangelical Christians with impunity and why the evil murderous villain in most movies and TV shows is the successful, wealthy, businessman? How come Christians don't have a defamation league? How come the institution of business has no defender? My demo of how people are like fireflies. The only lie I told was about who invented car air-conditioning. Why almost all of us are in sales. The power of face-to-face communication. How the government created a new profession of bootlegger. I know that all you busy happy warriors sometimes yearn for a little solitary confinement but remember why it's not a reward but a torture. Remember that your best moments of joy, achievement and satisfaction always involved at least one other person. Using money to influence your children. Stories are about feelings, but numbers are about facts; good business professionals are number obsessed. Why sales professionals do more good for society than professors. What is a friend worth? What is a Facebook friend worth? How to discover how many real friends you have. Why your facial expression is so important and how to modify it.

Why the number of mentally ill in America just keeps climbing. Who said "If you will not have God, you should pay your respects to Hitler and Stalin"? Let's talk truthfully about mass shootings. First of all, unlike familicides or felony-related homicides, they are almost always suicidal. Why are the perpetrators nearly always white men? Yes, they mostly involve firearms, but now let's seriously explore all the other commonalities they possess which are so very politically incorrect. When was anything the government banned removed from society? Alcohol during prohibition? No! Drugs for the past 40 years? No! But banning guns will work? Really? Heard of the famous Elephants' Graveyard in Africa? Why is nature so private about death? Where are all the dead pigeons in New York? Is death a technical problem or a philosophical problem? Discover the latest work being done to defeat death. Why exactly does death disturb us? How the growth in crime paralleled the growth in children born to single mothers that began…yes, that's right: in 1962. More innocent people die violently in American road accidents every single day than died in the last three mass shootings; doesn't anyone care? Actually, no. More than 70 Americans die of homicides each single day. Doesn't anyone care? Why do we seem to care more when fewer people die in what we call a mass shooting? Every month there is at least one mass killing carried out with knives and axes rather than guns. Why don't you hear about these events? Is it possible that America's increase in abortion both clinically and culturally spreads a subconscious mood of death? Why is the number of people who'd mourn your departure so important? Eliminating cancer would add only 3.3 years to lifespan average and eliminating heart disease would add 4 years to average life expectancy so reaching 120 years or older would require a whole lot more. Will technology ever bring 300 year lifespans? Would that even be good for the environment? (Just kidding).

Rabbi Daniel and Susan Lapin converse over breakfast about the General Patton Principle. This explains why the most effective person to solve a particular problem may not be the most gentle, refined and polite person. General Patton and his 3rd Army beat back the Germans at the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945. But his tirades were often vulgar and profane. Yet not only did the men under his command love him but so did their mothers because they knew that he really cared about their sons. The very best doctor to perform a dangerous surgery might possibly be a serial adulterer -but no normal person, no matter how religious, would spurn this doctor in favor of a less competent surgeon because of his marital ethics. Obviously we were responding to two angry letters attacking us for our enthusiastic support for President Trump's reelection. We emphasize how this Patton Principle applies in many areas equally applicable to the lives of listeners in Africa or South America who might care nothing about American elections. We also spoke about our children and child raising in general with special emphasis on consistency and both father and mother singing from the same music. We looked into why New Yorkers looted during their power outages since 1977 but not in blackouts earlier than that. What changed during the 60s? We inquired whether knowing that some things are just plain wrong helps stop us from doing those things and we explored the role of moral will power. Why is that kind of self-discipline, capable of helping us resist the urges of our appetites and impulses, acquired mostly through religion and the military?